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- 21 May 2024, 13:45
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: BOB'S BITS
- Replies: 4480
- Views: 512288
Re: BOB'S BITS
And its founder, Clara Barton. In my case, it was a great gift, like St. Paul, I "was born free", and saved the pain of reaching it through years of struggle and doubt. Clara Barton, 1905, in a letter explaining her belief in universal salvation. May 21, 1881, was the birth-day of the A...
- 21 May 2024, 08:54
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20640
- Views: 1918929
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
Do you go through the Kiel Canal Kev?
- 21 May 2024, 08:52
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: Where Have You Just Been?
- Replies: 793
- Views: 135812
Re: Where Have You Just Been?
I don't feel too bad Gloria, but I am taking it easy just in case! A load of washing and frying my sweet potato chips will make me feel active!
- 21 May 2024, 06:26
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20640
- Views: 1918929
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
I hope the dental check-up doesn't require any action or uncomfortable treatment. I have never lost my fear of dentists and am so glad I have managed to get this far without needing them!
I hope you have a good day....
I hope you have a good day....
- 21 May 2024, 06:22
- Forum: Fun & Jokes
- Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
- Replies: 4887
- Views: 572642
- 21 May 2024, 05:47
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20640
- Views: 1918929
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28785/medium Only one image needed. I finished the initial turning of the flywheel and finished up with it being a perfect match to the crankshaft. Then I had a good clean up of the lathe and the bench and I am ready to do the hand fettling ...
- 21 May 2024, 05:46
- Forum: Crafts
- Topic: Shed Matters 3
- Replies: 2442
- Views: 294686
Re: Shed Matters 3
https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28785/medium Only one image needed. I finished the initial turning of the flywheel and finished up with it being a perfect match to the crankshaft. Then I had a good clean up of the lathe and the bench and I am ready to do the hand fettling ...
- 21 May 2024, 03:41
- Forum: Stanley's View
- Topic: TRANSPORT OF DELIGHT
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2647
Re: TRANSPORT OF DELIGHT
Bumped, still a valid point of view I think!
- 21 May 2024, 03:28
- Forum: Local History Topics
- Topic: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
- Replies: 6913
- Views: 948168
Re: FORGOTTEN CORNERS
The chaos that was the workbench in the tackler's cabin at Bancroft Shed. Yet out of this the tacklers tuned the century old looms that produced some of the best cloth in the world.
- 21 May 2024, 03:03
- Forum: Seasons
- Topic: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
- Replies: 5437
- Views: 450645
Re: TODAY'S PENNINE WEATHER
Yesterday was a re-run of the day before. Once more, there was definitely a chill if you couldn't shelter from the wind. Later in the afternoon the cloud returned and at 20:00 it was overcast. During the night it cleared and first thing this morning it was calm and clear but since then it has cloude...
- 21 May 2024, 02:54
- Forum: Fun & Jokes
- Topic: Old fashioned clean jokes
- Replies: 4887
- Views: 572642
- 21 May 2024, 02:47
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
- Replies: 9224
- Views: 1078704
Re: WHAT DID WE HAVE FOR TEA?
Three hot meals as usual but in addition I had a salad butty as I sat waiting for the vaccinations to come from Nelson.
- 21 May 2024, 02:42
- Forum: Stanley's View
- Topic: THE BRACEWELL STORY
- Replies: 7
- Views: 94
Re: THE BRACEWELL STORY
CHRISTOPHER BRACEWELL AND HIS FAMILIES. (8) There was a report in the Craven Herald of 29/08/1930 of ‘…. the death of R W Bracewell aged 77 of Red Lion Street, Earby. He claimed direct descendancy from Christopher Bracewell who came to Earby from Thornton Manor in 1821 to start cotton manufacture wi...
- 21 May 2024, 02:21
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: POLITICS CORNER
- Replies: 12664
- Views: 1344417
Re: POLITICS CORNER
It would be hard to find a more damning verdict from a public enquiry than THIS. It makes grim reading and confirms what we have always suspected.
Now we watch to see what is done about compensation.
(Don't hold your breath!)
Now we watch to see what is done about compensation.
(Don't hold your breath!)
- 21 May 2024, 02:14
- Forum: What, Where, When, We, Who, Look & How
- Topic: Where Have You Just Been?
- Replies: 793
- Views: 135812
Re: Where Have You Just Been?
I got mine yesterday Gloria and can report the same effects. I shall be having an easy day today.
- 21 May 2024, 02:05
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Seen in the News
- Replies: 3798
- Views: 402738
Re: Seen in the News
https://www.oneguyfrombarlick.co.uk/app.php/gallery/image/28125/medium A picture is worth a thousand words..... :biggrin2: I heard the report about norovirus and then saw THIS in the news this morning. Human faeces in our rivers is putting the public in danger and the risk will increase without act...
- 21 May 2024, 02:01
- Forum: Stanley's View
- Topic: THE DECLINE OF THE HEN PEN
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2649
Re: THE DECLINE OF THE HEN PEN
David Whipp's Dad's hen huts at Bank House.
- 21 May 2024, 01:49
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20640
- Views: 1918929
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
I shall be in the shed as usual enjoying straight turning of my flywheel after the purgatory of the wobblers!
Then my main task for the rest of the day is to look after myself. That Covid jab yesterday was a savage little beggar!
Then my main task for the rest of the day is to look after myself. That Covid jab yesterday was a savage little beggar!
- 21 May 2024, 01:45
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: OBITUARIES
- Replies: 1901
- Views: 344018
Re: OBITUARIES
I agree with you David. Every word as clear as a bell.
- 21 May 2024, 01:42
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 20155
- Views: 2344118
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
What is it?
- 20 May 2024, 13:33
- Forum: General Miscellaneous Chat & Gossip
- Topic: BOB'S BITS
- Replies: 4480
- Views: 512288
Re: BOB'S BITS
A great 'girl' reporter. God made man. Then he said ‘I can do better than that,’ and made woman. Adela Rogers St. Johns. Once upon a time, my dad wrote what may have been the shortest reference letter of all time, to an old friend, then the editor of a major midwestern daily. “If you don’t hir...
- 20 May 2024, 13:31
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20640
- Views: 1918929
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
I didn't know I was being checked..... It's your perception of distance that's off if you think it was only half a mile but who's counting?
- 20 May 2024, 13:24
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 20155
- Views: 2344118
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
You got it Tom, small files for cleaning the holes in welding and cutting nozzles.
Nest object?
Nest object?
- 20 May 2024, 10:58
- Forum: Current Affairs & Comment
- Topic: Today I shall be Mainly...
- Replies: 20640
- Views: 1918929
Re: Today I shall be Mainly...
It took a shade over 2 hours to walk a mile and get my meds, a vaccination and a salad butty. The vaccination bus was late and ran out of jabs, it took Well almost half an hour to find my meds and eventually a van turned up from Nelson with 50 more vials of vaccine.The bottom line is that I have my ...
- 20 May 2024, 10:55
- Forum: Puzzles & Quizzes
- Topic: MYSTERY OBJECTS
- Replies: 20155
- Views: 2344118
Re: MYSTERY OBJECTS
No Gloria. I don't know whether you can see it but it says BOC on the lid!